20251006016229I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Mcalester, OK · October 6, 2025

Date
October 6, 2025 · 09:15 local
Place
Mcalester, OK
Airport
Mc Alester Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
DF2S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N578SC
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
202 total202 in this make and model73 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A student pilot flew from riverside airport, krvs, to Mcalester airport, kmlc, on October 06, 2025. During the landing at Mcalester the pilot bounced the aircraft several times before landing. During that process the pilot struck the runway with the propeller. Minor aircraft damage was reported and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

A STUDENT PILOT FLEW FROM RIVERSIDE AIRPORT, KRVS, TO MCALESTER AIRPORT, KMLC, ON OCTOBER 06, 2025. DURING THE LANDING AT MCALESTER THE PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE LANDING. DURING THAT PROCESS THE PILOT STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER. MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AND NO INJURIES.